Margaret White

Brunswick-Margaret Mary Pilley White age 102 of Baribeau
Drive died Sunday, February 3rd at her home.

She was born in Belfast on October 15. 1916 the daughter of
Calvin F. Pilley and Mary Josephine Maroney Pilley. She was a 1934 graduate of
Crosby High School in Belfast, Knox County Hospital School of Nursing and Maine
Children’s Hospital of Portland, Maine in 1937.

Margaret worked in private duty nursing in Rockland and
worked at hospitals in Rockland, Gardiner and Portland.

On August 12, 1938 she married Leon Richards White he died
January 1, 1994. She lived in Rockland until 1942. During her husband’s World
War II service years, she lived in Belfast, Alabama and California with her
daughter Jo Anne, coming back to Rockland after the war. A lifelong Catholic,
she attended St. Bernard’s Catholic Church of Rockland and was a member of the
Daughters of St. Bernard. She was a member of Knox Hospital Alumni Association
and Knox County Nurse’s Guild for several years. She served as treasurer of
Knox Hospital Alumni Association for five years. Margaret was Also a member of
Maine State Nurses Association.

In 1955 Margaret moved to Brunswick when her husband became
Assistant Security Chief at BNAS. After her husband retired, they moved to St.
Augustine, Florida, living there for five years. In 1984 they moved back to
Maine and became Topsham residents.

She attended St. Charles Borromeo Church where she served as
organist for many years and was the organist at the BNAS Chapel for two years.
She was a member of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians for several
years.

In addition to her husband and her parents, she was also
predeceased by a brother John M. Pilley in 1943, who died in the Solomon
Islands serving in World War II. Two sisters, Lorretta Aubertine and Jennie Hanks. She was also predeceased by a grandson,
Christopher Nay in 2002.

Surviving is a daughter Jo Anne White Quittmeyer and her
husband George of Brunswick. Four grandchildren, Laura M. Nay of Bowdoin,
Stanley E. Nay of Bowdoinham, John B. Nay and his wife Dianne of Gray and
Michael P. Nay of Brunswick. Five great grandchildren, Ashlee James, Karina
Nay, Jeffrey Nay, Allison Nay and Jody Nay. Three great great grandchildren,
Sophia, Odin and Elliana.

The family would like to thank the staff at Thornton Hall
Assisted Living for the outstanding care and compassion provided during the
time Margaret resided there.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday,
February 7th at 11 AM at St. Charles Borromeo Church- All Saints
Parish 132 McKeen St. Brunswick. There will be no visiting hours. A reception
will immediately follow the mass in St. Charles Parish Hall. Interment next to
her husband, Leon will be held in the spring in the Maine Veteran’s Memorial
Cemetery, Civic Center Drive, Augusta. Memorial donations may be made to Catholic
Charities Maine P.O. Box 10660 Portland, Maine 04101-6060.Arrangements are by
Stetson’s Funeral Home 12 Federal St. Brunswick where memorial condolences may
be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com